Travel Blogs from Heviz

... around in. It was also very still, with only the heads of hundreds of ailing soakers breaking the surface. That was until Flynn jumped in and flailed around in his floaties. He had a great time. Floating around in the lake we were surprised to be greeted by a "hey are you Australian, I'm from Armadale" (in a very broad Aussie accent). Then the lass from Armadale talked at as for the next 40 minutes, or so. Eventually, we swam off with her ...

... and the Széchenyi Baths - thermal medicinal hot spring bathing centres where we spent a delightful afternoon literally bathing in people soup. As a side trip, and really as a mini-holiday from the holiday, we travelled down to Heviz for some R&R for 6 nights. Heviz is part of the Balaton area (Europe's largest fresh water lake and Hungary's premium tourist region). It was only after the first night when we had stopped walking as far ...

... there are two remember] is a hotel, their menu promises a whole host of wonderful food including a local dish named Gypsy Pork. Just imagine how garlic fed pig, cooked in garlic and then sprinkled with garlic would taste. That’s right, thick cut juicy garlic bacon. That night I helped David polish off a beautiful selection of Leffe beer, a gift from a Belgian neighbour, and in the morning Sonia treated us to a delicious and hearty breakfast. It was time to head home. ...

True or False? Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe, but the Bodensee in Switzerland is not a sea.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the border control on road E66 between Austria and Hungary is deserted, and the building itself wouldn’t seem out of place at Chernobyl. I asked one of the border policemen if he spoke English, which he didn’t, but he ...